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Palo Duro Reservoir today

Palo Duro Reservoir right now: the lake is 0.4% full, there's a light air from the south at 4 km/h3 mph and it's 23 °C74 °F and clear sky.

Updated 03:17 local time, Sunday 13 September

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
4 km/h3 mph
From the south, gusts 21 km/h13 mph. 2 knots, a light air.
Air
23 °C74 °F
Clear sky.
How full
0.4%
Well below normal for this date. 861.46 m2826.32 ft above sea level. Texas Water Development Board, 20 hours ago.

Palo Duro Reservoir water level today

Palo Duro Reservoir is well below normal for 13 September: 861.46 m2826.32 ft against a median of 865.04 m2838.07 ft for this date, measured over 26 years (1999–2026). That is the lowest level recorded on this date.

Palo Duro Reservoir is 0.4% full, at 861.46 m2826.32 ft above sea level, against a full level of 881.5 m2892.0 ft. That's 0.3 million m³231 acre-feet of water out of 75.3 million m³61,066 acre-feet.

How full0.4%
Water level861.46 m2826.32 ft
Level when full881.5 m2892.0 ft
Below full by20.02 m65.68 ft
Water stored0.3 million m³231 acre-feet
Median for 13 September865.04 m2838.07 ft
Difference from normalDown 3.58 m11.75 ft
Range on this date861.46 m2826.32 ft to 875.68 m2872.97 ft
Reading from20 hours ago

Source: Texas Water Development Board. Provisional data, subject to revision. What these terms mean.

Good for today?

Rules of thumb from the current wind and water temperature. Conditions differ across the lake, so check on the spot.

  • SwimmingNo water temperature yet
  • Kayak and paddleboardBreezy – for experienced paddlers
  • SailingVery light wind
  • Windsurf and kiteNot enough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

KilometresMiles per hour, gusts below. Arrows point the way the wind blows.

03:0085gusts 2213 SSE
06:0085gusts 1710 E
09:001711gusts 2717 SSE
12:002314gusts 3320 SW
15:002817gusts 3521 SW
18:003321gusts 4125 S
21:003320gusts 6037 SSE
00:003220gusts 5031 S

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today13 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 39 °C102 °F / 21 °C71 °F3622 S6037 4%
Tomorrow14 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 38 °C100 °F / 26 °C79 °F3622 SSW5736 10%
Tuesday15 Sep
Showers
Showers 37 °C98 °F / 21 °C71 °F4025 SW6238 60%
Wednesday16 Sep
Drizzle
Drizzle 34 °C93 °F / 20 °C67 °F2415 SSW3019 60%

Wind in km/hmph. Rain shows the highest hourly chance of rain that day.